Fantasiestücke

The eight fantasy pieces op 12 form a cycle of piano pieces by Robert Schumann. Schumann composed the pieces in the spring of 1837. The title is inspired by ETA Hoffmann's collection Fantasy Pieces in Callot's Manner and thus also of Novalis ' original concept. The cycle is Anna Robena Laidlaw (1819-1901), a Scottish pianist dedicated to the student of Henri Herz and Louis Berger. With her ​​Schumann was briefly in conjunction, on which the correspondence with her and Schumann Clara Wieck Schumann and diary entries give information.

Set names

The Fantasy Pieces Op 12 Schumann's first piano cycle whose sentences carry through poetic, programmatically acting headings. Multiple Schumann has noted that he has always added the title of this type only after the completion of composition. So it is not program music.